John Beam sat in Soldier Field less than a month ago like a proud father.

And in a way, he was.

New Orleans Saints defensive back Rejzohn Wright was on one sideline, and Chicago Bears defensive back Nahshon Wright was on the other.

While Beam isn’t actually the Wright brothers’ dad, he’s been there for them ever since they no longer had one.

Rejzohn and Nahshon’s father was shot and killed in December 2017.

Rejzohn was still in high school at the time.

His older brother was playing at Laney College in Oakland, where Beam was the head coach.

“When our dad was shot and killed, the next morning Beam came and woke both of us up,” Rejzohn Wright recalls. “The rest is history.”

Rejzohn ended up following in his big brother’s footsteps and went to Laney, the beginning of a path that event

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